Links

Regional Associations, Observing Systems, and Extension Programs

• Southeast Coastal Ocean Observations Regional Association (SECOORA)
• Southeastern Universities Research Association Coastal Ocean Observing Program (SCOOP)
• SouthEast Center for Ocean Sciences Education Excellence (SECOSEE)
• Gulf of Mexico Coastal Ocean Observing System (GCOOS)
• Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission Sub-Commission for the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions (IOCARIBE)
• NorthEast Observing System (NEOS)
• Gulf of Maine Ocean Observing System (GOMOOS )
• Florida Coastal Ocean Observing System Caucus (FLCOOSC)
• Coastal Ocean Institute - Coastal Science Topics (WHOI Rinehard Coastal Research Center)

Subregional Programs

• Coastal Ocean Monitoring and Prediction System (COMPS)
• East Florida Shelf Information System (EFSIS)
• Explorer of the Seas
• National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERRS)
• South Atlantic Bight Synoptic Offshore Observational Network (SABSOON)
• Carolinas Coastal Ocean Observing and Prediction System (Caro-COOPS)
• Coastal Ocean Research and Monitoring Program (CORMP)
• North Carolina Coastal Ocean Observing System (NCCOOS)
• North Carolina Sea Grant
• South Carolina Sea Grant
• Georgia Sea Grant
• Florida Sea Grant
• Florida Center for Ocean Sciences Education Excellence (FCOSEE)
• South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (SAFMC)

National Observing Efforts

• Southern Universities Research Association (SURA) OpenIOOS test bed (led by SEACOOS, GoMOOS, TAMU, and VIMS)
• Ocean.US, the National Office for Integrated and Sustained Ocean Observations
• Joint Ocean Commission Initiative
• U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy
• Pew Oceans Commission
• U.S. Ocean Action Plan
• Orion, the National Science Foundation Ocean Research Interactive Observatory Networks
• U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy
• National Federation of Regional Associations (prototype Integrated Ocean Observing System [IOOS] portal)
• NCCOS Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment (CCMA)
• U.S. Global Ocean Data Assimilation Experiment (USGODAE)
• National Virtual Ocean Data System (NVODS)
• Coral Reef Early Warning System Network (CREWS)

Federal Agencies

• U.S. Geological Survey WaterWatch (Real-time gauges)
• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

  NOAA Services

  • NOAA Coastal Services Center
  • Coastal Observation Technology System (COTS)
  • Alliance for Coastal Technologies (ACT)
  • National Data Bouy Center (NDBC) buoys and CMAN stations
  • National Ocean Service Tides Online (NOS Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services [COOPS] water levels)
  • National Oceanographic Data Center
  • National Weather Service (NWS) Weather Forecast Offices (WFOs) in the SEACOOS region:

    Georgia Peachtree City, GA WFO Florida Jacksonville, FL WFO Key West, FL WFO Melbourne, FL WFO Miami-South Florida WFO Tallahassee, FL WFO Tampa Bay Area WFO

    South Carolina Charleston, SC WFO Columbia, SC WFO Greenville-Spartanburg, SC WFO North Carolina Morehead City, NC WFO Raleigh, NC WFO Newport/Wilmington, NC WFO

Other National Programs

• National Sea Grant
• Consortium for Oceanographic Research and Education (CORE)
• National Oceanographic Partnership Program (NOPP)
• The Centers for Ocean Sciences Education Excellence (COSEE)
• American Society of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO)
• The Oceanography Society (TOS)
• National Association of Marine Laboratories (NAML)
• Marine Technology Society (MTS)
• IEEE Oceanic Engineering Society
• Estuarine Research Federation
• University-National Oceanographic Laboratory System (UNOLS)

International Observing Efforts

• Global Ocean Ecosystem Dynamics (GLOBEC)
• Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS)
• EuroGOOS
• Global Sea Level Observing System (GLOSS)
• International Seakeepers Society
• Array for Real-time Geostrophic Oceanography (ARGO)
• Coriolis
• Global Ocean Data Assimilation Experiment (GODAE)
• Global Observing Systems Information Center (GOSIC)
• World Ocean Circulation Experiment (WOCE)
• Climate Variability and Predictability (CLIVAR)
• Land-Ocean Interactions in the Coastal Zone (LOICZ)

International Programmes

• Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO
• World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
• International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES)
• International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange (IODE)
• Joint WMO-IOC Technical Commission for Oceanography and Marine Meteorology (JCOMM)